Minister of Tourism ku Palestine a Rula Maaya ati mahotela onse a Betelehemu adasungitsidwa, ndipo mzindawu umakhala ndi alendo 10,000 "odabwitsa" Lolemba usiku.
Amwendamnjira ochokera padziko lonse lapansi adakhamukira ku Betelehemu Lolemba pa zomwe amakhulupirira kuti ndi zikondwerero zazikulu kwambiri za Khrisimasi mumzinda wa West Bank m'zaka zapitazi.
"Sitinawone ziwerengero ngati izi kwazaka zambiri," adatero, ndikuwonjezera kuti alendo 3 miliyoni obwera ku Betelehemu chaka chino adaposa chiŵerengero cha chaka chatha ndi mazana masauzande.
Masisitere a nkhope zodekha ndi alendo otengeka mtima anawoloka ndi kuwerama pa rozari pamene anali kuloŵa m’tchalitchimo, mphepo yamphamvu ndi zofukiza.
Anthu mazana ambiri akumeneko komanso alendo ochokera kumayiko ena adagawira ku Manger Square pomwe ma Scouts aku Palestinian akusewera chikwama akudutsa mtengo waukulu wa Khrisimasi. Khamu la anthu linasefukira mu Tchalitchi cha Nativity, cholemekezedwa monga malo amwambo a kubadwa kwa Yesu, ndipo anadikirira kuti atsikire kumalo akale.
"N'zosadabwitsa kukhala pamalo pomwe zonse zidayambira," mlendo waku Germany adatero, akumwa khofi waku Turkey kutsogolo kwa fano la Namwali Mariya atanyamula Yesu wakhanda.
Zikondwerero za Khrisimasi nthawi zambiri zimabweretsa chisangalalo cha tchuthi kwa Akhristu a Dziko Lopatulika, omwe chiŵerengero chawo chacheperachepera pazaka makumi angapo poyerekeza ndi anthu wamba ndipo tsopano ndi ochepa.
Makwaya ankaimba nyimbo zachikale kwambiri, mawu awo akumveka m’bwalo lonselo.
Achinyamata a ku Palestina ankagulitsa zipewa za Santa kwa alendo odzaona malo ndi mazenera a m’masitolo okhala ndi zikwangwani zolembedwa kuti “Yesu Ali Pano” zosonyeza zithunzi za Kubadwa kwa mtengo wa azitona ndi zinthu zina zokumbukira.
Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, mtsogoleri wachipembedzo cha Roma Katolika ku Holy Land, adalowa ku Betelehemu atadutsa malo ochezera ankhondo aku Israeli kuchokera ku Yerusalemu.
Pa Misa yapakati pausiku ku Church of the Nativity, Pizzaballa adalankhula kunyumba yodzaza ndi opembedza ndi olemekezeka omwe anali Purezidenti wa Palestine Mahmoud Abbas ndi Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah.
"Chaka chathachi chinali choyipa," adatero Pizzaballa, ponena za kukwera kwa ziwawa pakati pa Israeli ndi Palestine, "kotero tonsefe timaganiza kuti zonse ndi zonyansa.
Koma mutachotsa dothi limeneli, tikuwona mmene zithunzizo zilili zodabwitsa.” "Popeza ndi Khrisimasi, tiyenera kukhala otsimikiza," adatero bishopu wamkulu.
Palestine ndi yabwino kwa zokopa alendo. Izi nthawi zonse zidamveka kwazaka zambiri ndipo zidakhalabe zoona ngakhale panali mikangano yopitilira
ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- Zikondwerero za Khrisimasi nthawi zambiri zimabweretsa chisangalalo cha tchuthi kwa Akhristu a Dziko Lopatulika, omwe chiŵerengero chawo chacheperachepera pazaka makumi angapo poyerekeza ndi anthu wamba ndipo tsopano ndi ochepa.
- Pa Misa yapakati pausiku ku Church of the Nativity, Pizzaballa adalankhula kunyumba yodzaza ndi opembedza ndi olemekezeka omwe anali Purezidenti wa Palestine Mahmoud Abbas ndi Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah.
- Khamu la anthu linasefukira mu Tchalitchi cha Nativity, chomwe chinkalemekezedwa monga malo amwambo pamene Yesu anabadwira, ndipo anadikira kuti atsikire m’kachipinda kakale.
